GRE Word List

SINECURE

an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income

The meaning of the word sinecure is an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income.

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apparitionan unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon
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tutelaryhaving the guardianship of a person or a thing
forgea furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy
belligerentinclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness
extricateto free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
reimburseto pay back to someone : repay
ransackto look through thoroughly in often a rough way
perorationthe concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration
partialof or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total